What to do if you have a cold and cough with yellow phlegm

Cold and cough with yellow phlegm can be treated by general treatment, medication and other methods. 1. General treatment: the patient’s back can be gently knocked to promote the discharge of yellow phlegm. In daily life, you should keep the diet light, not eat spicy and stimulating food, and drink more hot water. 2. Drug treatment: Cold and cough with yellow sputum indicates that the cold is combined with bacterial infection, you can take amoxicillin capsules, cefuroxime and other antibacterial drugs for treatment, as well as the application of compound licorice compounds, aminoglutethimide and other medicines to relieve cough and resolve phlegm treatment. Patients should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions when taking medication, and should not self-medicate and change the dosage, so as not to affect the therapeutic effect.